Russell, Amy L. 2010. Assessing short-term extinction risks using genetic simulation analyses. Symposium on Bat Extinctions: Past, Present, and Future, International Bat Research Conference. Prague, Czech Republic

Russell, Amy L., Murray P. Cox, Veronica A. Brown, Gary F. McCracken 2010. Hypothesis testing in genetic demography: using multilocus data to reconstruct evolutionary history. Symposium on Integrating Information Across Multiple Molecular Markers, International Bat Research Conference. Prague, Czech Republic

Dávalos, Liliana, Amy L. Russell 2010. Complementarity in extinction drivers among Caribbean endemic bats. Symposium on Bat Extinctions: Past, Present, and Future, International Bat Research Conference. Prague, Czech Republic

Russell, Amy L. 2010. The contribution of population genetics to the valuation and conservation of bats. Department Seminar Series, Indiana State University. Terre Haute, IN

Russell, Amy L. 2010. Population growth of Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana) predates human agricultural activity. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Faculty Research Colloquium, Grand Valley State University. Allendale, MI

Russell, Amy L. 2009. What can population genetics tell us about Caribbean bats? Museo Nacional de Historia Natural. Dominican Republic.

Russell, Amy L. 2009. The impact of climate change on Caribbean bats. Evolution for Everyone seminar series, Grand Valley State University. Allendale, MI

Russell, Amy L. 2009. The voodoo we do (s'well) to study evolutionary relationships. Department seminar series, Grand Valley State University. Allendale, MI

Russell, Amy L., Kevin J. Olival. 2009. Genetics of the Hawaiian hoary bat. Hawaiian Hoary Bat and Climate Change Modeling Workshop, USGS Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center. Volcano, HI

Russell, Amy L. 2008. Gone with the wind: the impact of wind turbines on bat populations in North America. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Faculty Research Colloquium, Grand Valley State University. Allendale, MI

Vonhof, Maarten J., Amy L. Russell. 2008. Providing scope: genetic approaches to understanding the implications of bat - wind power interactions. Special Session on Bats and Wind Turbines, North American Symposium on Bat Research, Scranton, PA.

Russell, Amy L. 2008. Integrating phylogenetic, coalescent, and population genetic methods to address the evolutionary ecology of bats. Department seminar series, Western Michigan University. Kalamazoo, MI

Russell, Amy L. 2008. Coalescent approaches to reconstructing history: the how, where, and when of evolution. Department seminar series, Wright State University. Dayton, OH

Vonhof, Maarten J., Amy L. Russell. 2008. Genetic contributions to the management of bat - wind power interactions. Bats and Wind Energy Cooperative meeting. Austin, TX.

Russell, Amy L. Coalescent approaches to reconstructing history: the how, where, and when of evolution. Department seminar series, Grand Valley State University. Allendale, MI. January 2008.

Russell, Amy L. Coalescent approaches to reconstructing history: the how, where, and when of evolution. Department seminar series, Purdue University. West Lafayette, IN. December 2007.

Russell, Amy L. Coalescent approaches to reconstructing history: the how, where, and when of evolution. Department seminar series, The University of the South. Sewanee, TN. November 2007.

Russell, Amy L., The role of the coalescent in deciphering biogeography: case examples from Malagasy Chiroptera. Department seminar series, Southern Utah University. Cedar City, Utah, USA. September 2007.

Russell, Amy L., Steven M. Goodman, Anne D. Yoder. Integrating phylogenetic, coalescent, and population genetic approaches to reconstruct the historical biogeography of Triaenops. Symposium on Phylogeography from Genes to Organisms, International Bat Research Conference. Mérida, Yucatán, México. August 2007.

Russell, Amy L. Integrating phylogenetics and population genetics for biogeographical analyses: a biogeographic reconstruction of Triaenops bats in Madagascar. National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) Catalysis Meeting: Patterns of Biodiversity in Madagascar. Durham, North Carolina, USA. June 2006.

Russell, Amy L., Steven M. Goodman, Anne D. Yoder. An integrative approach to historical biogeography: picking up where phylogenetics leaves off. Workshop on Phylogeography and Phylogenetics, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, The Ohio State University. Columbus, Ohio, USA. September, 2005.

Russell, Amy L. Phylogeographic approaches to understanding bat diversity in Madagascar. American Museum of Natural History, Systematics Seminar Series. New York, New York, USA. May, 2005.

Russell, Amy L., Eric Palkovacs, Steven M. Goodman, J. Ranivo, Anne D. Yoder. Trees on islands: biogeographic patterns of diversification in Madagascar. Special Session on Phylogenetic Approaches to Understanding Bat Biodiversity, North American Symposium on Bat Research, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. October, 2004.

Russell, Amy L. The Lords of the wings: Population genetic structure and gene flow in a widely dispersing bat species. Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies seminar series. New Haven, Connecticut, USA. March, 2004.

Russell, Amy L. The Lords of the wings: Population genetic structure and gene flow in a widely dispersing bat species. Yale University Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology seminar. New Haven, Connecticut, USA. February, 2004.

Workshop on Molecular Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA. August, 2003.

Russell, Amy L. Does size matter? Determining the size and genetic diversity of populations of the Brazilian free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis. University of Tennessee Evolutionary and Behavioral Ecology seminar. Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. October, 2002.

Russell, Amy L. Bats and panmixis: Investigating population genetic structure in large populations of migratory bats. University of Tennessee Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Symposium. Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, October. 2002.

Russell, Amy and Gary F. McCracken. Population genetic structure of very large populations: the Mexican free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis. Symposium on Roosting Ecology and Population Genetic Structure of Bats, 12thInternational Bat Research Conference, Universiti Kebangsaan, Bangi, Malaysia. August, 2001.

Saidak, Leslie and Amy Russell. Beginner's guide to molecular markers: definitions and simple explanations of popular genetic techniques. Meeting of the Southeastern Bat Diversity Network, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. February, 2001.

Oral Presentations

Lancaster, Winston, Amy L. Russell, Yolanda M. Leon, Miguel Nuñez, Liliana M. Davalos. 2009. Constant frequency calls as determinants of divergence between Antillean populations of Pteronotus parnellii (Mormoopidae). North American Symposium on Bat Research, Portland, OR.

Davalos, Liliana M., Amy L. Russell. 2009. Island area change, not species range, explains bat extinction in the West Indies. North American Symposium on Bat Research, Portland, OR.

Vonhof, Maarten J., Amy L. Russell. 2009. Migration in eastern red bats (Lasiurus borealis ): what do molecular markers tell us? International Symposium on Bat Migration, Berlin, Germany.

Russell, Amy L., Liliana M. Dávalos. 2008. Dynamics of gene flow and extinction in island metapopulations under climate change: model discrimination through population genetic simulations. North American Symposium on Bat Research, Scranton, PA.

Dávalos, Liliana M., Amy L. Russell. 2008. A quantitative approach to historical ecology of the West Indies: Artibeus jamaicensis. North American Symposium on Bat Research, Scranton, PA.

Russell, Amy L., What can genetics contribute to definitions of subspecies and migratory groups of Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis)? Annual meeting of the Western Bat Working Group. Tucson, Arizona, USA. April, 2007

Russell, Amy L., Julie Ranivo, Eric P. Palkovacs, Steven M. Goodman, Anne D. Yoder. Integrating phylogenetics and population genetics for biogeographic analyses. Annual meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. Tempe, Arizona, USA. June, 2006.

Russell, Amy L. The power of hypothesis testing in phylogeography and population genetics: lessons learned from Tadarida brasiliensis. North American Symposium onBat Research, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. October, 2004.

Utzurrum Ruth C. B., Amy L. Russell, Anne P. Brooke, Veronica Brown, Gary F. McCracken. Genetic analyses reveal differing evolutionary histories in two sympatric species of Pteropus in the South Pacific. North American Symposium on Bat Research, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. October, 2004.

Russell, Amy L., Eric Palkovacs, Steven M. Goodman, J. Ranivo, Anne D. Yoder. A complex inter-species phylogeny reveals distinctive biogeographic patterns of diversification in triple leaf-nosed bats (Triaenops spp.) in Madagascar. International Bat Research Conference, Mikolajki, Poland. August, 2004.

Russell, Amy L., Eric Palkovacs, Steven M. Goodman, J. Ranivo, Anne D. Yoder. A complex inter-species phylogeny reveals distinctive biogeographic patterns of diversification in triple leaf-nosed bats (Triaenops spp.) in Madagascar. Joint meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists, and the American Society of Naturalists, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. June, 2004.

Russell, Amy L. Phylogeography and the designation of subspecies in theBrazilian free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis. North American Symposium on Bat Research, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. October, 2003.

Russell, Amy L. Bats and panmixis: Investigating population genetic structure in large populations of migratory bats. North American Symposium on BatResearch, Burlington, Vermont, USA. November, 2002.

Hallam Thomas G., Paula Frederico, Thomas H. Kunz, Gary F. McCracken, Amy Russell. Physiologicaly-based models of bat population dynamics. North American Symposium on Bat Research, Burlington, Vermont, USA. November, 2002.

Russell, Amy L., Calvin Butchkoski, Gary F. McCracken. Bats, roadkill, and the FBI (flat bat investigation). Colloquium on the Conservation of Mammals in the Southeastern United States, Clemson, South Carolina, USA. February, 2002.

Russell, Amy L. Does size matter? Determining the size and geographic extent of populations of Tadarida brasiliensis. Colloquium on the Conservation of Mammals in the Southeastern United States, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. February, 2001.

Russell, Amy L. Population genetic structuring of the Brazilian free-tailed bat as determined by mitochondrial DNA sequencing. North American Symposium on Bat Research, Miami, Florida, USA. September, 2000.

Russell, Amy L. Conservation and population genetics in migratory and non-migratory populations of the Brazilian free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis. Sigma Xi Graduate Research Competition, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. 2000.

Russell, Amy L. Phylogeography of the Brazilian free-tailed bats T. b. mexicana and T. b. cynocephala as determined by mitochondrial DNA sequencing. North AmericanSymposium on Bat Research, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. October, 1999.

Russell, Amy L. Genetic structuring of migratory and non-migtratory populations of Brazilian free-tailed bats T. b. mexicana and T. b. cynocephala Colloquium on the Conservation of Mammals in the SoutheasternUnited States, Wytheville, Virginia, USA. February, 1999.

Russell, Amy L. Genetic structuring of migratory and non-migratory populations of Brazilian free-tailed bats T. b. mexicana and T. b. cynocephala . North American Symposium on Bat Research, Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA. October, 1998.

Poster Presentations

Lee*, Min, Amy L. Russell. 2010. Genetic approaches to assessing the impact of wind turbines on eastern red bats. Student Summer Scholars Showcase, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI.
*GVSU undergraduate student

Russell, Amy L., Liliana M. Davalos, Yolanda M. Leon, Miguel Nuñez, Winston C. Lancaster. 2009. Recent radiation in a Neotropical bat? A genetic analysis of population structure and possible cryptic speciation in Pteronotus parnellii. North American Symposium on Bat Research, Portland, OR.

McNeely*, Anne, Amy L. Russell. 2009. Assessing the utility of genetic data as a monitoring tool: a case study of eastern red bats (Lasiurus borealis). North American Symposium on Bat Research, Portland, OR.
*GVSU undergraduate student

Goldberg, Aaron, Amy L. Russell, Liliana M. Davalos. 2009. How to store mammalian tissues for DNA-based analyses in tropical field conditions. North American Symposium on Bat Research, Portland, OR.

Russell, Amy L.. 2009. Adaptive radiation in a Neotropical bat? Contributions from NSF ADVANCE. NSF ADVANCE Grant Celebration, Grand Rapids, MI.

Russell, Amy L., Maarten J. Vonhof. 2009. Assessing the utility of genetic markers for long- and short- term monitoring of migratory populations. International Symposium on Bat Migration, Berlin, Germany.

Russell, Amy L., Eric Palkovacs, Steven M. Goodman, J. Ranivo, Anne D. Yoder. A complex inter-species phylogeny reveals distinctive biogeographic patterns of diversification in triple leaf-nosed bats (Triaenops spp.) in Madagascar. North American Symposium on Bat Research, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. October, 2004.

Meyer, Wynn, Amy L. Russell, Danielle Rakotomalala, Anne D. Yoder. The impact of habitat destruction on population genetic structuring in Malagasy chameleons (Chamaeleonidae: Calumma). Joint meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists, and the American Society of Naturalists, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. June, 2004.

Hanley, Carol, Steven M. Goodman, Amy L. Russell, Anne D. Yoder. Examining gene flow in the endangered Malagasy narrow-striped mongoose (Mungotictis decemlineata) using a novel panel of microsatellite loci. Joint meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists, and the American Society of Naturalists, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. June, 2004.

Russell, Amy L., Calvin Butchkoski, Annie Tibbels, Leslie Saidak, Gary F. McCracken. Bats, road-kill, and the FBI (Flat Bat Investigation). North American Symposium on Bat Research, Burlington, Vermont, USA. November, 2002.

Russell, A. L. and R. C. Woodruff. The mariner transposable element: frequency and distribution in natural populations of Drosophila simulans. Southeastern Ecology, Population Genetics and Evolution Meeting (SEEPAGE), Abingdon, Virginia, USA. 1998.

Comeaux, Lisa, Gary McCracken and Amy Russell. Exposing the polygamous behavior at the Lubee Foundation, Inc. North American Symposium on Bat Research, Tucson, Arizona, USA. October 1997.

Russell, A. L. and R. C. Woodruff. The mariner transposable element: frequency and distribution in natural populations of Drosophila simulans. Joint meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution and the Society for Systematic Biology, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. June, 1996.

Russell, A. L. and R. C. Woodruff. The frequency and geographical distribution of the mariner transposable element in natural populations of Drosophila simulans. Joint meetings of the Society for the Study of Evolution and the Society for Systematic Biology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. July, 1995.

Russell, A. L. and R. C. Woodruff. The frequency of the mariner transposable DNA element in natural populations of Drosophila simulans. Drosophila Research Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. April, 1995.